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Old 26th Jul 2004, 20:01
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Hippolite
 
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Helicopter Missing Offshore Nigeria

A helicopter operated by Air Logstics African subsidiary Pan African Airlines and under contract to Chevron Texaco is missing offshore in Nigeria.

According to a company source the Bell 412EP helicopter with 4 pob was on a medivac mission to airlift an injured worker to Port Harcourt. Contact was lost 5 minutes after the aircraft took off from the drilling rig owned by Sedco Energy and operated by Transocean.

5 boats, 3 helicopters and a fixed wing are currently looking for the aircraft.


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